Place value - Thousands, hundreds, tens and ones - Planning

The lesson plan for Year 4 students, focusing on the concept of place value, is designed to help children understand and represent numbers up to 9,999. Using concrete resources such as Base 10 blocks and counters, along with place value grids, students will learn to identify and represent the thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones that make up 4-digit numbers. The lesson begins with a starter activity that recaps previous learning and then moves on to practical tasks where students are encouraged to represent both 3-digit and 4-digit numbers using the provided materials. They will work in pairs to build numbers and articulate the value of each digit within these numbers, using sentences to structure their understanding.

During the class, children will engage with various activities, including reading numbers aloud and completing sentences to express the number of thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones in a given number. They will also practice partitioning numbers using part-whole models and understand the significance of zero as a placeholder. Independent learning is supported by differentiated worksheets and the use of place value grids for ordering numbers. The plenary session includes reasoning activities, where students work in mixed ability pairs to further consolidate their understanding. Throughout the lesson, key questions prompt students to reflect on their learning, and a 'Give me five' activity at the end encourages self-assessment of the skills learned, such as using Base 10 and counters, and what they found challenging. Worksheets are tailored to cater to different levels of understanding, from working towards the expected level to reaching greater depth in place value within 10,000.